Innovation Norway Call for Proposals: SMEs Growth Romania

Deadline: 1 November 2018

Innovation Norway is seeking proposals for its business development programme entitled “SMEs Growth Romania” with an aim to increase value creation and sustainable growth in the Romanian business sector.

SMEs Growth Romania will seek to stimulate and develop long-term business cooperation between the Donor States and Romania based on business development and innovation. The aim is to allocate 75% of the funding to small and medium size enterprises. Priority will be given to bilateral partnership projects offering added value Priority shall be given to bilateral partnerships offering added value.

SMEs, as defined in the Commission Recommendation 2003/3611 , and large enterprises with no more than 25 % public ownership, registered as legal persons in Romania and functioning in accordance to enforced Romanian legislation on commercial companies, respectively: Law 31/1990 regarding commercial companies, republished, with subsequent modifications and completions.

The applicant must have been established at least 3 fiscal years at the date of the deadline of the present Call for the areas of Green Industry Innovation and Blue Growth and at least 1 fiscal at the date of the deadline of the Call for the area ICT.

Eligible partners: any private or public entity, commercial or non-commercial, registered as legal person in one of the Donor States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) or in Romania.

SMEs, as defined in the Commission Recommendation 2003/361, registered as legal persons in Romania and functioning in accordance to enforced Romanian legislation on commercial companies, respectively: Law 31/1990 regarding commercial companies, republished, with subsequent modifications and completions

The applicant must have been established at least 3 fiscal years at the date of the deadline of the present Call for the area of Green Industry Innovation and at least 1 fiscal year at the date of the deadline of the Call for the areas and Blue Growth and ICT.

Eligible partners: any private or public entity, commercial or non-commercial, registered as legal person in one of the Donor States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) or in Romania.